Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Math)

100

What do we call a 90 degree angle?

1. left angle 

2. right angle

3. middle angle

2. right angle

200

35 x 13 = ?

1. 475

2. 465

3. 455

3. 455

300

3+5 x 6=?

1. 33

2. 34

3. 35

1. 33

400

If a shopping cart contains one apple, two bananas, three oranges, and four hot dogs, what percentage of the shopping cart contains fruit?

1. 50%

2. 60%

3. 40%

2. 60%

500

How many seconds make 1 hour?

1. 3600

2. 3000

3. 2400

1. 3600

600

2⁴ = ?

1. 16

2. 8

3. 12

1. 16

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (History)

100

Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War?

1. Franklin D. Roosevelt       

2. Andrew Jackson 

3. Abraham Lincoln               

3. Abraham Lincoln

200

This is where Japan bombed the United States Navy on December 7, 1941. As a result, the United States entered WWII. 

1. Hawaii

2. Alaska

3. Florida

1. Hawaii

300

During World War II, on the day known as D-Day, in what country did allied troops invade Europe?

1. Portugal

2. Germany

3. France

3. France

400

Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States as a symbol of friendship and freedom?

1. France

2. England

3. Spain

1. France

500

He wrote the star spangled banner.

1. F. Scott Fitzgerald

2. Francis Scott Key

3. John Stafford Smith

2. Francis Scott Key

600

Who was the second U.S President?

1. Thomas Jefferson

2. James Monroe

3. John Adams

3. John Adams

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (English)

100

This character killed Jay Gatsby

1. Daisy Buchanan

2. George Wilson

3. Mr. Gatz

2. George Wilson

200

Who is the author of the 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird?

1. Harper Lee

2. Erin Hunter

3. Zelda Fitzgerald 

1. Harper Lee

300

Words that mostly describe nouns are called...

1. adverbs

2. pronouns

3. adjectives

3. Adjectives

400

What would you call the central character of a story or plot?

1. antagonist

2. confidant

3. protagonist

3. Protagonist

500

Before writing poetry, Walt Whitman's occupation was...

1. lawyer

2. journalist

3. salesperson

2. A journalist

600

What is it when words in a sentence begin with the same letter?

1. alliteration

2. homophone

3. acrostic

1. Alliteration

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Science)

100

What are the three different states of matter?

1. gas, liquid, metal

2. liquid, metal, oil

3. solid, liquid, gas

3. Solid, Liquid, and Gas

200

What gas do humans need in order to live?

1.  oxygen

2. carbon dioxide

3. hydrogen

1. Oxygen

 

300

What are animals without a backbone called?

1. vertebrates

2. invertebrates

3. antiskeletal

2. Invertebrates

400

On the periodic table, which element is represented by the letter N?

1. nitrogen

2. neon

3. nobelium

1. Nitrogen

500

What is the freezing point of water in degrees Celsius?

1. 32 degrees

2. 15 degrees

3. 0 degrees

3. 0 degrees

600

What is the layer that traps heat within our atmosphere called?

1. stratosphere

2. ozone layer

3. heat layer

2. ozone layer

Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (Geography)

100

Which country is both an island and a continent?

1. Bahamas

2. Australia

3. New Zealand

2. Australia

200

What type of map shows landscape features such as mountains and lakes?

1. road map                

2. resource map         

3. physical map

3. physical map

300

What ocean would you need to cross to get from North America to Europe?

1. Pacific Ocean

2. Atlantic Ocean

3. European Ocean

2. Atlantic Ocean

400

Name Earth's five oceans.

1. Pacific, Mediterranean, Southern, Atlantic, Indian

2. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern 

3. European, Pacific, Atlantic, Arctic, Southern

2. Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Arctic, Southern 

500

What is the widest (not longest) river in the world? 

1. River Tames

2. Amazon River

3. Mississippi River

2. Amazon River

600

What nation is the second largest on earth?

1. Russia

2. China

3. Canada

3. Canada